bpo-31163: Added return values to pathlib.Path instance's rename and replace methods. (GH-13582)

* bpo-31163: Added return values to pathlib.Path instance's rename and replace methods.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index 80923c7..7bd66c1 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -1341,20 +1341,24 @@ class Path(PurePath):
 
     def rename(self, target):
         """
-        Rename this path to the given path.
+        Rename this path to the given path,
+        and return a new Path instance pointing to the given path.
         """
         if self._closed:
             self._raise_closed()
         self._accessor.rename(self, target)
+        return self.__class__(target)
 
     def replace(self, target):
         """
         Rename this path to the given path, clobbering the existing
-        destination if it exists.
+        destination if it exists, and return a new Path instance
+        pointing to the given path.
         """
         if self._closed:
             self._raise_closed()
         self._accessor.replace(self, target)
+        return self.__class__(target)
 
     def symlink_to(self, target, target_is_directory=False):
         """